Animal-poke.



O. 0. CLARK. ANIMAL POKE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, 1909.

Patented Oct. 4, 1910- mwse mr NORRIS PETERS co, wAsnmmaN. o. c.

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OTIS O. CLARK, OF LIBERAL, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOE FUEST, OFLIBERAL, KANSAS.

ANIMAL-FORE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 4, 1910.

Application filed July 1909. Serial No. 506,379.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Orrs O. CLARK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Liberal, in the county of Seward, State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Animal-Pokes; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to animal pokes and more particularly to the classof devices for attachment to cows or other analogous animals.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of an animal pokeof this char actor in which a pricking device is readily and easilylocated upon the back of an animal to prevent the same from goingthrough a wire fence or induce said animal to desist in his attempt.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an animal poke ofthis character which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable andefficient in operation, readily and easily mounted upon the body of theanimal, and one that is inexpensive in the manufacture.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described in detail, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, which disclose the preferred form of embocli mentof the invention to enable those skilled in the art to carry theinvention into practice and as brought out in the claim hereuntoappended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of an animal with theinvention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary detail perspectiveview of the poke removed from the animal. Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofthe same, it being partly shown in section.

In the drawings, the numeral 5 designates a back band which may be ofany suitable material, although in this instance it is constructed ofleather, to which is centrally connected an L-shaped casting or bracket6, the latter having a vertical staff 7 bifurcated to form spacedparallel ears 8 between which is hinged an animal poke, as will behereinafter more fully described.

The animal poke comprises an arm 9 having an upper forwardly anddownwardly projecting hook terminal 10, which latter is adapted toengage the fence wires and prevent the same from overriding the said armor escaping it. The said arm 9 is connected between the spaced ears 8 bymeans of a pivot 11 to permit the arm 9 to rock upon the b'acketwhen thedevice is engaging a fence. At a point slightly above the pivotalconnection of the arm 9 with the bracket and fixed thereto is aforwardly and clownwardly inclined forked extension 12. The outer forkedterminal 13 is adapted to straddle the shoulder portion of an animal tolimit the forward rocking of the arm 9 when the device is mounted uponthe back of an animal.

Secured between the back band 5 and the bracket 6 is one end of a curvedleaf spring 14, the opposite end of which is fixed to the rear face ofthe arm 9 so as to hold the latter in normal substantially verticalposition. Secured to the arm 9 at its rear face are the inner ends ofrearwardly and downwardly inclined pricker needles or fingers 15, whichlatter are held normally out of contact with the body of the animal.Upon tilting of the arm 9 rearwardly these fingers 15 are adapted toprick the body of an animal and thus induce him to desist in his attemptto go through a wire fence.

To mount the back band upon the animal, there is provided a belly band16 which latter is connected to the back band by means of strapterminals engaging the usual form of buckles carried at the terminals ofsaid back band.

In view of this construction it will be seen that if an animal attemptsto go through a wire fence, the upper hook terminal of the arm 9 willengage the fence wires and cause the needles or fingers 15 to prick intothe body of the animal, and as soon as the pressure upon the arm isstopped the spring 14 will force the arm back to withdraw the needles orfingers 15 and this forward movement of the arm is limited by the forkedextension 12 engaging the shoulder portion of the animals body.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the invention willbe clearly apparent. and therefore it is deemed unneeessary to present amore extended explanation so that the same has been omitted.

Vhat is claimed, is:

The combination with a back band, of a forked ear fixed centrally to theback band, an arm pivotally mounted at its lower end in the forked earand having a forwardly and downwardly turned opposite hook terminal, adownwardly inclined forked member fixed to the arm aboye its axis ofmovement and adapted to normally engage the shoulder of an animal, abowed leaf spring having one end fixed between the ear and the back bandand its opposite end secured to the arm and adapted to hold the forkedmember normally'in engagement with the shoulder of an animal to maintainthe arm in vertical position and downwardly diverging inclined prickingfingers fixed to the arm and projecting therefrom in an oppositedirection with respect to the forked member, the said fingers beingnormally out of contactwith the back of an animal.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature. in presence of twowitnesses.

OTIS O. CLARK. \Vitnesses GEo. V. ANDERSON, J. D. STEPHENS.

